[mythtv-users] Home media system

[Mike Dent]

>> What would you say for the back end box   i was thinking along the lines of
>> AMD 64x2  8Gb Ram  300Gb Sata for the system then a few Tb of NAS storage for
>> data / recordings  , Then there is the question of the DVD Play side what
>> drives are there out ther that can simultainiousley(SP)  play say 2 or 3 DVD
>> films or is it a case of multiple single drives ?
>
> The OS and Myth don't require anything close to 300GB. You storage
> system, whether NAS or local, needs as much speed as possible. I'd
> consider RAID not so much for redundancy as for the speed. RAID0 is
> actually the fastest, but increases the risk of a bad drive taking it down.

Yeah, 300gb is way over the top if its dedicated myth box only. I'd
expect an 80gb disk would be plenty for system.

Mike